+1
This could stop the remaining people who abuse lethals, for those it doesn't effect, crack down on them harder.
Look at it from a realistic/RP perspective, a real prison break... the objective is to detain the escapees rather than kill them, only if yourself/fellow officers/civs are in danger do they use lethal force against the said escapees. Why not make the server match? This may break the chains a bit more for the people who play cop for money, its about enjoying the RP and the game, not making money on cop to then use on civ. Cops get a rifle by default, so don't complain about missing out on that last 30k split, make it 0. If you are a cop that buys, you are more than likely trying to enjoy the game rather than collect money.
With a free rifle on spawn, that's more than rebels get, be happy about that. It isn't really about making rebels more Over Powered, its about making abusive lethals less common, yes they still happen with the nerf and probably yet if no payment were to be made, but all in all it would help the cause to make lethals be abused less.